Rusk Rehabilitation Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Researchers presented three posters focused on their unique patient population:
- Factors associated with changes in body mass index after TBI (Amanda Childs, PhD)
- The effect of social integration on psychosocial variables one year post-TBI (Ellen Hada, Research Associate)
- The effect of employment status on psychosocial variables one year post-TBI (Natalie Jenkins, MA, Research Associate).
In addition, Lucia Wexler-Smith, PhD who is an Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training post-doctoral fellows was selected to present the project, Disordered Eating, Weight, and Physical Activity Concerns in Rehabilitation Outpatients with Acquired Brain Injury, as part of NIDILRR Young Investigators panel.
Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Dr. Allen Heinemann, from Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System will act as key speaker at:
- Progress and Report of the ACRM Measurement Networking Group Applied Cognition Task Force ( Key Speakers: Dr. Carrie Ciro PhD, OTR/L FAOTA, Dr. Allen Heinemann PhD, FACRM, Dr. Amy Herrold PhD, Dr. Patricia Heyn PhD, Dr. Sonya Kim PhD)
- International Activities to Promote Implementation of Standardized Measures in Medical Rehabilitation Practice (Key Speakers: Dr. Allen Heinemann PhD, FACRM, Dr. Jan Nordvik; Prof. Marcel Post, PhD, Dr. Coen A.M. van Bennekom MD, PhD)
- Training Assistive Technology: New Research and Best Practices (Key speakers: Laurie Ehlhardt Powell, Dr. Tessa Hart PhD, Dr. Allen Heinemann PhD, FACRM, Dr. Linda Resnik, PT, PhD)
- Meet the Archives’ Editors: Authorship, Reporting Guidelines, and Reviewing in Medical Rehabilitation (Key Speaker: Dr. Allen Heinemann PhD, FACRM)
- Preventing Wheelchair Breakdowns: Is DIY Maintenance the Solution? What’s Important and How to Teach It? (Dr. Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, Dr. Allen Heinemann PhD, FACRM, Dr. Lynn Worobey, PhD)
Additionally, MRSCICS research scientist Dr. Anne Deutsch RN, PhD will join Dr. Heinemann and others in presenting the session, Quality Measures for Inpatients Rehabilitation Facilities. (Key Speakers: Laura Coots, Dr. Anne Deutsch, Dr. Allen Heinemann, Dr. Melvin Ingber, & Dr. Poonam Pardasaney).
National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center
Yuying Chen, is presenting the poster, Fall-induced spinal cord injury: external causes and implications for prevention.
Yuying Chen, is presenting the symposium, Economic impact of spinal cord injury. This symposium is collaborative work among the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, University of Washington Spinal Cord Injury Model System (Jeanne Hoffman), and Southeastern Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (Jim Krause and Yue Cao).
New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center
Miriam Brody, is presenting the poster, Development of a Peer-Led Phone Intervention for Goal-Setting Primary Healthcare Needs in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.
David Rosenblum, is presenting the poster, Development of the New England Spinal Cord Injury Toolkit for Peer-to-Peer Clinical Education.
Hannah Mercier, is giving an oral presentation titled, Rehospitalization is Associated with Persistent Negative Effects among Adults with Spinal Cord Injury.
University of Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Model System
Denise Tate, Martin Forchheimer, Rachel Hartwig, and Claire Kalpakjian are presenting the poster, The Bowel and Bladder Treatment Index (BBTI): A New Tool to Assess Bowel and Bladder Management in SCI.
Heather Becker, Margaret Nosek, Claire Kalpakjian from are presenting the symposium, Sexuality and Health in Women with Spinal Cord Injury.
Gina Jay, Susan Charlifue, Margaret Campbell, Brooks Wingo, Martin Forchheimer, Victoria Allen, Phillip Requejo, Ivan Molton, Denise Tate are presenting the poster, Prevalence of Comorbidities and Secondary Conditions among Persons Aging with Spinal Cord Injury/Disease (SCI/D): Pilot Study Results.
Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System
Irene Ward, Anthony Lequerica, and Denise Krch, are presenting the poster, The Association Between Motor Findings at Discharge and the Need for Supervision at 1 Year After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
Irene Ward, Anthony Lequerica, and Lawrence Lai, Neil Jasey and Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, are presenting the poster, Premorbid Concussion and its Effects on Recovery Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
Giselle Vivaldi, Anthony Lequerica, Irene Ward, Neil Jasey, Denise Krch, and Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, are presenting the poster, Effect of Bladder Dysfunction on Disability and Community Participation in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury
Michael Boninger will present the John Stanley Coulter Award Lecture, From Neuroprosthetics to Wheelchairs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Assistive Technology.
Dr. Lynn Worobey, PhD will present the workshop, Preventing Wheelchair Breakdowns: Is DIY Maintenance the Solution? What’s Important and How to Teach It? (In conjunction with Dr. Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD and Dr. Allen Heinemann PhD)
The poster, Preliminary Results on Effectiveness of Group Wheelchair Skills Training among Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury, was selected as winner of this year’s SCI-ISIG Best Poster Award (Dr. Lynn Worobey, PhD, Dr. Lee Kirby, MD, Dr. Michael Boninger, MD)
University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury
Michael Boninger will present the John Stanley Coulter Award Lecture, From Neuroprosthetics to Wheelchairs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Assistive Technology.
Dr. Lynn Worobey, PhD will present the workshop, Preventing Wheelchair Breakdowns: Is DIY Maintenance the Solution? What’s Important and How to Teach It? (In conjunction with Dr. Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD and Dr. Allen Heinemann PhD)
The poster, Preliminary Results on Effectiveness of Group Wheelchair Skills Training among Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury, was selected as winner of this year’s SCI-ISIG Best Poster Award (Dr. Lynn Worobey, PhD, Dr. Lee Kirby, MD, Dr. Michael Boninger, MD)
Indiana University School of Medicine / Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI Model System
Dr. Lance Trexler will receive the 2015 ACRM Distinguished Member Award from the American Congress of Rehab Medicine at the annual meeting in Dallas, TX.
Preconference workshops:
Samantha Backhaus, Summer Ibarra; and Thomas Bergquist (Mayo Clinic) are presenting the workshop, Brain Injury Coping Skills Group.
Gordon Horn, Frank Lewis (Neurorestorative); Paula Kersten, Tori Harding, Russell R, Christina Papdimitriou , James Malec are presenting the workshop, Diversity of outcomes: From person-centered to international neurorehabilitation perspectives.
Symposia:
Jacob Kean, Kristen Dams-O/Connor, Flora Hammond, et al are presenting the symposium, Healthcare utilization following brain injury in veterans: perspectives from the va and the private sector.
James Malec, Jacob Kean; Irwin M. Altman, Shannon Swick (Rehab Without Walls); Vicki Eicher, Mary Pat Murphy (ReMed); Thomas Murphy (Inventive Software Solutions) are presenting the symposium, Post-hospital Brain Injury Rehabilitation Outcomes: Report from the National OutcomeInfo Database.
Risa Richardson, JohnWhyte, Joseph Giacino, Flora Hammond, Brian Greenwald, David Katz, Ross Zafonte, Mark Sherer, Zasler N, Weintraub A, David Arciniegas, Sunil Kothari S are presenting the symposium, Building capacity: Formal introduction and implementation of recommendations for the management of persons with disorders of consciousness.
Sue Ann Sisto, David Katz, Ross Zafonte, Flora Hammond, Michael Jones, Bradley Kurowski are presenting the symposium, How do I start, maintain or lead rehabilitation as a practicing physician, clinician or clinical researcher.
Lance E. Trexler, Sumer Ibarra, Devan Parrott are presenting the symposium, Improving return to work and school outcomes after acquired brain injury through resource facilitation: Translating evidence into practice.
Oral presentation:
Hammond F, William Sauve, Paul Shin, Aliso Viejo, Fred Ledon, Charles Davis, Charles Yonan, Joao Siffert are presenting an oral presentation titled, Safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of Dextromethorphan/Quinidine for pseudobulbar affect in patients with traumatic brain injury: PRISM-II.
Jim Malec, Gale Whiteneck, Jennifer Bogner (OSU) are presenting an oral presentation titled, Another look at the PART-O: Scoring to optimize sense and psychometrics.
Poster presentation:
Angelle M. Sander, Kacey L. Maestas, Monique R. Pappadis, Flora Hammond, Robin A. Hanks are presenting the poster, Sexual functioning of partners of persons with traumatic brain injury.
Larissa Swan, Edwin C. Haskins, Theresa Mull, Samantha Backhaus, James Malec are presenting the poster, Systematic implementation of cognitive rehabilitation in an outpatient brain injury treatment setting.
